Bio 1500 exam
1. The term "biodiversity" was introduced to the scientific literature by: E.O. Wilson
2. Ernst Mayr is the author of the book:
"On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection": false
3. charles darwin developed the biological species concept: false
4. The concept of "biodiversity" is than the concept of "species": younger
5. Biodiversity is usually quantified as number of: species
6. Morphological variation exists: between species
within secies
between populations of species
7. Key dimensions of the "biological species concept" include(s): populations
interbreeding
reproductive isolation
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,8. The most direct way to test for interbreeding between populations is measur-
ing: shared genetic variants
9. Reproductive isolation between populations of shared alleles between
members of different populations.: decreases
10. Morphological similarity between actual species can lead to of species
counts.: undercounting
11. Charles Darwin is the "father of modern taxonomy": false
12. The term "duck" represents a species.: false
13. "phylum" is a taxon level that includes species than the taxon level
"genus": more
14. Phylogenetic relationships exist between: species
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, higher taxa like phyla
genes
15. "Paraphyly" means that the LCA of a hypothesized taxon gave rise to
descendant(s) than included in that taxon.: one more
16. Birds are a phyletic taxon.: mono
17. The Galapagos finches are phyletic taxon.: mono
18. There are terrestrial species compared to marine species based on
current estimates.: more
19. A classic example of paraphyly are: reptiles
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1. The term "biodiversity" was introduced to the scientific literature by: E.O. Wilson
2. Ernst Mayr is the author of the book:
"On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection": false
3. charles darwin developed the biological species concept: false
4. The concept of "biodiversity" is than the concept of "species": younger
5. Biodiversity is usually quantified as number of: species
6. Morphological variation exists: between species
within secies
between populations of species
7. Key dimensions of the "biological species concept" include(s): populations
interbreeding
reproductive isolation
1/7
,8. The most direct way to test for interbreeding between populations is measur-
ing: shared genetic variants
9. Reproductive isolation between populations of shared alleles between
members of different populations.: decreases
10. Morphological similarity between actual species can lead to of species
counts.: undercounting
11. Charles Darwin is the "father of modern taxonomy": false
12. The term "duck" represents a species.: false
13. "phylum" is a taxon level that includes species than the taxon level
"genus": more
14. Phylogenetic relationships exist between: species
2/7
, higher taxa like phyla
genes
15. "Paraphyly" means that the LCA of a hypothesized taxon gave rise to
descendant(s) than included in that taxon.: one more
16. Birds are a phyletic taxon.: mono
17. The Galapagos finches are phyletic taxon.: mono
18. There are terrestrial species compared to marine species based on
current estimates.: more
19. A classic example of paraphyly are: reptiles
3/7
